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Is there any difference between B.Sc Chemistry/Applied or Medicinal Chemistry? And Also want the career outline & job options after graduating from any of these?

Applied chemistry is the scientific field for understanding basic chemical properties of materials and for producing new materials with well controlled functions.
Applied chemistry is essentially putting knowledge into something to modify it better. It consists of 3 major fields
Organic chemistry and macromolecular chemistry
Physical chemistry and inorganic chemistry
Biotechnology and chemical engineering
While Medicinal chemistry concerns the discovery, the development , the identification and the interpretation of the mode of action of biologically active compounds at the molecular level.
It deals with design and development of pharmaceuticals .
Medicinal chemistry is used in
Drug development
Formulating drugs used to treat patients with diseases
Developing guidelines for how new pharmaceuticals will be used.